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Life Expectancy in Lesotho vs United States (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 58.6 years in Lesotho vs 79.8 in the United States. Lesotho is ranked 193/197 by life expectancy, and the United States is 47/197. In Lesotho, the life expectancy is 55.8 years for males and 61.3 years for females. In the United States, it's 77.4 years for males and 82.2 years for females.

Lesotho vs United States life expectancy at birth by year

Lesotho
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
Lesotho United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 58.6 55.8 61.3 79.8 77.4 82.2
2025 58.2 55.4 60.9 79.6 77.2 82.1
2024 57.8 55 60.4 79.5 77 82
2023 57.4 54.6 60 79.3 76.9 81.8
2022 56.8 54.1 59.4 78 75.3 80.8
2021 54.2 51.6 56.8 76.4 73.6 79.4
2020 55.1 52.5 57.7 77 74.3 79.9
2019 55.2 52.7 57.7 78.9 76.5 81.5
2018 54.6 52.1 57.1 78.8 76.3 81.3
2017 53.9 51.4 56.3 78.6 76.2 81.2
2016 52.9 50.4 55.3 78.7 76.2 81.2
2015 51.8 49.3 54.4 78.7 76.3 81.1
2014 50.8 48.3 53.3 78.9 76.5 81.3
2013 49.5 47.2 52 78.8 76.4 81.2
2012 48.2 45.8 50.7 78.8 76.4 81.2
2011 46.9 44.5 49.4 78.7 76.3 81.1
2010 46 43.9 48.3 78.7 76.2 81.1
2009 45.1 42.8 47.4 78.5 76 80.9
2008 44.3 42.1 46.6 78.1 75.6 80.6
2007 43.7 41.4 46.1 78 75.5 80.6
2006 43.2 41.5 44.8 77.8 75.2 80.3
2005 43.6 41.4 45.9 77.5 75 80.1
2004 44 41.9 46.3 77.5 75 80.1
2003 44.9 42.9 47 77.1 74.5 79.7
2002 46 43.8 48.1 77 74.3 79.6
2001 47.2 44.9 49.5 76.9 74.3 79.5
2000 48.8 46.5 51.1 76.8 74.1 79.4
1999 50.4 47.8 53 76.7 73.9 79.3
1998 52 49.1 55 76.7 73.8 79.4
1997 53.7 50.6 56.9 76.5 73.5 79.4
1996 55.1 51.8 58.6 76.2 73.1 79.2
1995 56.4 52.8 60.1 75.9 72.6 79.1
1994 57.3 53.5 61.3 75.7 72.4 79.1
1993 58.1 54.2 62.1 75.6 72.2 78.9
1992 58.6 54.7 62.8 75.8 72.3 79.2
1991 59.1 55.1 63.3 75.5 72 79
1990 59.3 55.3 63.6 75.4 71.8 78.8
1989 59.5 55.4 63.9 75.1 71.6 78.6
1988 59.6 55.4 64 74.8 71.3 78.3
1987 59.6 55.4 64 74.9 71.3 78.4
1986 59.3 55.2 63.9 74.7 71.1 78.3
1985 59.2 55.2 63.7 74.7 71.1 78.2
1984 59 55 63.3 74.7 71.1 78.2
1983 58.5 54.5 62.8 74.6 71 78.1
1982 58 54.1 62.2 74.5 70.8 78.1
1981 57.3 53.4 61.6 74.1 70.4 77.8
1980 56.5 52.5 60.9 73.7 70 77.5
1979 55.8 51.9 60.1 73.8 70 77.7
1978 55.2 51.3 59.4 73.4 69.6 77.2
1977 54.5 50.7 58.6 73.2 69.4 77.1
1976 53.9 50.2 57.9 72.8 69.1 76.7
1975 53.5 49.9 57.2 72.5 68.7 76.5
1974 52.9 49.4 56.6 72 68.2 75.8
1973 52.6 48.9 56.3 71.4 67.6 75.3
1972 52.3 48.6 55.8 71.2 67.4 75.1
1971 51.8 48.1 55.4 71.1 67.4 75
1970 51.5 47.7 54.9 70.7 67 74.6
1969 51.1 47.3 54.5 70.5 66.8 74.4
1968 50.8 46.9 54.1 70.2 66.6 74.1
1967 50.5 46.6 53.7 70.5 66.9 74.3
1966 50.4 46.5 53.5 70.2 66.7 74
1965 50.3 46.6 53.3 70.2 66.8 73.9
1964 50.3 46.6 53.2 70.2 66.8 73.8
1963 50.3 46.7 53.1 69.9 66.6 73.5
1962 50.3 46.7 53.1 70.1 66.9 73.6
1961 50.3 46.6 53.1 70.3 67 73.7
1960 50.2 46.5 52.9 69.8 66.6 73.3
1959 49.9 46.3 52.6 69.9 66.8 73.3
1958 49.6 46 52.3 69.7 66.6 73
1957 49.2 45.6 51.8 69.4 66.4 72.7
1956 48.6 45.1 51.3 69.6 66.6 72.9
1955 48 44.5 50.6 69.6 66.6 72.8
1954 47.3 43.8 50 69.5 66.6 72.7
1953 46.6 43.2 49.2 68.7 65.8 71.9
1952 45.9 42.5 48.6 68.4 65.5 71.5
1951 45.2 41.9 47.9 68.2 65.4 71.2
1950 44.6 41.2 47.4 68.1 65.4 71

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1950–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire lives. It's a snapshot reflecting mortality rates in a given year that does not account for any future changes in those rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 44.6 years in Lesotho and 63.9 in the United States. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 8.95 healthy years in Lesotho and 15.7 in the United States.

Lesotho vs United States life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator shows the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on current age for both males and females in Lesotho and the United States, along with mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
35.4 vs 51.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
65.4 vs 81.0 years

Median expected age of death:
66.7 vs 84.2 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Lesotho United States
Male Female Male Female
40 90.8% 93.2% 98.1% 99.0%
50 76.8% 83.2% 95.1% 97.2%
60 58.4% 69.0% 88.7% 93.1%
65 47.4% 59.6% 83.5% 89.8%
70 35.9% 48.8% 76.9% 85.3%
75 24.8% 37.6% 68.0% 78.6%
80 15.0% 26.6% 56.1% 68.6%
85 7.2% 15.9% 40.7% 54.2%
90 2.5% 6.8% 22.8% 34.5%
95 0.5% 1.8% 8.0% 14.8%
100 0.1% 0.3% 1.4% 3.4%

Life expectancy by current age

Lesotho
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
1x
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Lesotho United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 102 101.8 102.1 102.2 102 102.3
99 101.1 100.9 101.2 101.4 101.2 101.4
98 100.2 100.1 100.3 100.5 100.3 100.6
97 99.3 99.2 99.4 99.7 99.5 99.8
96 98.5 98.3 98.5 98.9 98.7 99.1
95 97.6 97.4 97.6 98.2 97.9 98.3
94 96.7 96.5 96.8 97.4 97.1 97.6
93 95.9 95.7 96 96.7 96.4 96.9
92 95.1 94.8 95.2 96 95.6 96.2
91 94.3 94 94.4 95.3 94.9 95.6
90 93.5 93.2 93.6 94.7 94.3 94.9
89 92.7 92.4 92.9 94.1 93.6 94.3
88 92 91.6 92.1 93.5 93 93.8
87 91.2 90.8 91.4 92.9 92.4 93.2
86 90.5 90 90.7 92.4 91.8 92.7
85 89.8 89.2 90 91.9 91.3 92.3
84 89.1 88.5 89.4 91.4 90.8 91.8
83 88.4 87.8 88.8 90.9 90.3 91.4
82 87.8 87.1 88.2 90.5 89.8 91
81 87.2 86.4 87.6 90.1 89.4 90.6
80 86.6 85.7 87 89.7 88.9 90.2
79 86 85 86.5 89.3 88.5 89.9
78 85.4 84.4 85.9 88.9 88.1 89.6
77 84.8 83.7 85.4 88.5 87.7 89.2
76 84.2 83.1 84.8 88.2 87.3 88.9
75 83.6 82.4 84.2 87.9 86.9 88.6
74 83 81.8 83.7 87.5 86.6 88.4
73 82.4 81.2 83.1 87.2 86.2 88.1
72 81.9 80.5 82.6 86.9 85.9 87.9
71 81.3 79.9 82.1 86.7 85.6 87.6
70 80.7 79.3 81.5 86.4 85.3 87.4
69 80.2 78.8 81 86.1 85 87.2
68 79.6 78.2 80.5 85.9 84.7 87
67 79.1 77.6 80 85.7 84.4 86.8
66 78.5 77 79.5 85.4 84.1 86.6
65 78 76.5 79 85.2 83.9 86.4
64 77.5 75.9 78.5 85 83.6 86.2
63 77 75.4 78.1 84.7 83.4 86
62 76.5 74.9 77.6 84.5 83.1 85.9
61 76 74.3 77.2 84.3 82.9 85.7
60 75.6 73.8 76.8 84.1 82.6 85.5
59 75.1 73.4 76.4 83.9 82.4 85.4
58 74.7 72.9 76 83.7 82.2 85.2
57 74.2 72.4 75.6 83.6 82 85.1
56 73.8 72 75.2 83.4 81.8 85
55 73.4 71.5 74.8 83.2 81.6 84.8
54 73 71.1 74.5 83.1 81.4 84.7
53 72.6 70.7 74.1 82.9 81.2 84.6
52 72.2 70.2 73.8 82.8 81.1 84.5
51 71.8 69.8 73.4 82.7 80.9 84.4
50 71.4 69.4 73.1 82.6 80.8 84.3
49 71.1 69 72.8 82.4 80.7 84.2
48 70.7 68.6 72.5 82.3 80.6 84.1
47 70.3 68.2 72.1 82.2 80.4 84
46 70 67.8 71.8 82.1 80.3 84
45 69.6 67.4 71.5 82.1 80.2 83.9
44 69.3 67.1 71.2 82 80.1 83.8
43 69 66.7 71 81.9 80 83.8
42 68.7 66.4 70.7 81.8 79.9 83.7
41 68.3 66 70.4 81.7 79.8 83.6
40 68 65.7 70.1 81.7 79.8 83.6
39 67.7 65.3 69.8 81.6 79.7 83.5
38 67.4 65 69.6 81.5 79.6 83.5
37 67.1 64.7 69.3 81.4 79.5 83.4
36 66.9 64.4 69.1 81.4 79.4 83.4
35 66.6 64.1 68.8 81.3 79.3 83.3
34 66.3 63.9 68.6 81.2 79.2 83.3
33 66.1 63.6 68.4 81.2 79.1 83.2
32 65.9 63.4 68.2 81.1 79.1 83.2
31 65.6 63.1 67.9 81 79 83.2
30 65.4 62.9 67.7 81 78.9 83.1
29 65.2 62.7 67.5 80.9 78.8 83.1
28 65 62.5 67.4 80.8 78.7 83
27 64.8 62.3 67.2 80.8 78.6 83
26 64.6 62.1 67 80.7 78.6 83
25 64.5 61.9 66.8 80.7 78.5 82.9
24 64.3 61.7 66.7 80.6 78.4 82.9
23 64.1 61.5 66.6 80.6 78.3 82.9
22 64 61.4 66.4 80.5 78.3 82.8
21 63.9 61.3 66.3 80.5 78.2 82.8
20 63.7 61.1 66.2 80.4 78.1 82.8
19 63.6 61 66.1 80.4 78.1 82.8
18 63.5 60.9 66 80.3 78 82.8
17 63.4 60.8 65.9 80.3 78 82.7
16 63.3 60.7 65.8 80.3 78 82.7
15 63.3 60.6 65.7 80.3 77.9 82.7
14 63.2 60.6 65.7 80.3 77.9 82.7
13 63.2 60.5 65.6 80.3 77.9 82.7
12 63.1 60.5 65.6 80.2 77.9 82.7
11 63.1 60.4 65.5 80.2 77.9 82.7
10 63 60.4 65.5 80.2 77.9 82.7
9 63 60.3 65.4 80.2 77.9 82.7
8 62.9 60.3 65.4 80.2 77.9 82.7
7 62.8 60.2 65.3 80.2 77.9 82.7
6 62.8 60.1 65.2 80.2 77.9 82.6
5 62.7 60 65.1 80.2 77.9 82.6
4 62.6 59.9 65 80.2 77.9 82.6
3 62.4 59.8 64.9 80.2 77.8 82.6
2 62.2 59.5 64.6 80.2 77.8 82.6
1 61.8 59.2 64.2 80.1 77.8 82.6
0 58.6 55.8 61.3 79.8 77.4 82.2

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. However, an adult has already survived the causes of early-age mortality and can expect to live longer than the figure calculated at birth.

A 30-year-old in Lesotho can expect to live to 65.4 years compared to 81 in the United States, rising to 78 and 85.2 at 65, and to 86.6 and 89.7 at 80 — higher than the 58.6 and 79.8 years calculated at birth.

The chart above accounts for remaining lifespan and displays total life expectancy by age and gender in Lesotho and the United States.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Lesotho
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
1x
Age Survival probability
Lesotho United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 0.15% 0.05% 0.23% 2.37% 1.34% 3.35%
99 0.23% 0.09% 0.37% 3.44% 2.04% 4.78%
98 0.35% 0.13% 0.55% 4.84% 2.99% 6.61%
97 0.52% 0.2% 0.81% 6.59% 4.24% 8.86%
96 0.75% 0.31% 1.17% 8.73% 5.82% 11.5%
95 1.06% 0.45% 1.63% 11.2% 7.77% 14.6%
94 1.46% 0.64% 2.22% 14.1% 10.1% 18%
93 1.97% 0.89% 2.95% 17.3% 12.7% 21.8%
92 2.59% 1.21% 3.83% 20.7% 15.7% 25.7%
91 3.33% 1.62% 4.86% 24.4% 18.9% 29.9%
90 4.21% 2.12% 6.07% 28.1% 22.3% 34%
89 5.22% 2.72% 7.42% 31.9% 25.8% 38.2%
88 6.36% 3.43% 8.92% 35.8% 29.3% 42.3%
87 7.62% 4.26% 10.6% 39.5% 32.9% 46.2%
86 9% 5.2% 12.3% 43.1% 36.4% 50%
85 10.5% 6.26% 14.2% 46.5% 39.7% 53.5%
84 12% 7.42% 16.1% 49.8% 43% 56.8%
83 13.7% 8.69% 18% 52.8% 46.1% 59.8%
82 15.3% 10% 19.9% 55.8% 49.1% 62.7%
81 17% 11.5% 21.8% 58.5% 52% 65.3%
80 18.7% 13% 23.6% 61.1% 54.7% 67.8%
79 20.4% 14.6% 25.5% 63.5% 57.3% 70%
78 22.2% 16.2% 27.5% 65.8% 59.8% 72.1%
77 24% 17.9% 29.4% 67.9% 62.1% 74.1%
76 25.8% 19.7% 31.4% 69.9% 64.3% 75.9%
75 27.7% 21.5% 33.3% 71.8% 66.3% 77.6%
74 29.6% 23.3% 35.3% 73.6% 68.3% 79.1%
73 31.5% 25.2% 37.3% 75.2% 70.1% 80.6%
72 33.5% 27.2% 39.3% 76.7% 71.8% 81.9%
71 35.4% 29.1% 41.3% 78.1% 73.5% 83.1%
70 37.3% 31.1% 43.3% 79.5% 75% 84.2%
69 39.3% 33.1% 45.2% 80.7% 76.4% 85.3%
68 41.2% 35% 47.2% 81.8% 77.7% 86.2%
67 43.2% 37% 49.1% 82.9% 79% 87.1%
66 45.1% 39% 51% 84% 80.3% 87.9%
65 47% 41% 52.9% 84.9% 81.4% 88.7%
64 48.9% 43% 54.7% 85.9% 82.6% 89.4%
63 50.8% 45% 56.4% 86.8% 83.7% 90.1%
62 52.5% 46.9% 58.1% 87.6% 84.7% 90.8%
61 54.2% 48.7% 59.7% 88.4% 85.7% 91.4%
60 55.9% 50.6% 61.2% 89.2% 86.6% 92%
59 57.5% 52.3% 62.7% 89.9% 87.4% 92.5%
58 59.1% 54% 64.1% 90.5% 88.2% 93%
57 60.6% 55.7% 65.5% 91.1% 88.9% 93.5%
56 62% 57.3% 66.8% 91.7% 89.6% 93.9%
55 63.5% 58.9% 68% 92.2% 90.3% 94.3%
54 64.9% 60.5% 69.3% 92.7% 90.9% 94.7%
53 66.2% 62% 70.5% 93.2% 91.4% 95.1%
52 67.6% 63.5% 71.6% 93.6% 91.9% 95.4%
51 68.9% 65% 72.7% 94% 92.4% 95.7%
50 70.1% 66.5% 73.8% 94.3% 92.8% 96%
49 71.4% 67.9% 74.8% 94.6% 93.2% 96.2%
48 72.5% 69.2% 75.9% 94.9% 93.5% 96.4%
47 73.7% 70.5% 76.8% 95.2% 93.9% 96.6%
46 74.8% 71.8% 77.7% 95.5% 94.2% 96.8%
45 75.8% 73% 78.6% 95.7% 94.5% 97%
44 76.9% 74.2% 79.5% 95.9% 94.7% 97.2%
43 77.8% 75.3% 80.3% 96.1% 95% 97.3%
42 78.8% 76.4% 81.1% 96.3% 95.2% 97.5%
41 79.7% 77.5% 81.9% 96.5% 95.4% 97.6%
40 80.6% 78.5% 82.7% 96.7% 95.7% 97.7%
39 81.5% 79.5% 83.4% 96.8% 95.9% 97.9%
38 82.3% 80.5% 84.1% 97% 96.1% 98%
37 83.1% 81.4% 84.8% 97.2% 96.3% 98.1%
36 83.9% 82.3% 85.5% 97.3% 96.5% 98.2%
35 84.6% 83.1% 86.1% 97.5% 96.7% 98.3%
34 85.3% 83.9% 86.7% 97.6% 96.9% 98.4%
33 85.9% 84.6% 87.2% 97.7% 97% 98.5%
32 86.5% 85.3% 87.8% 97.9% 97.2% 98.6%
31 87.1% 85.9% 88.3% 98% 97.4% 98.7%
30 87.6% 86.5% 88.7% 98.1% 97.6% 98.7%
29 88.1% 87.1% 89.2% 98.2% 97.7% 98.8%
28 88.6% 87.6% 89.6% 98.4% 97.9% 98.9%
27 89.1% 88.1% 90% 98.5% 98% 98.9%
26 89.5% 88.6% 90.4% 98.6% 98.2% 99%
25 89.9% 89% 90.8% 98.7% 98.3% 99%
24 90.3% 89.5% 91.1% 98.8% 98.5% 99.1%
23 90.6% 89.8% 91.4% 98.9% 98.6% 99.1%
22 90.9% 90.2% 91.7% 99% 98.7% 99.2%
21 91.2% 90.5% 91.9% 99% 98.8% 99.2%
20 91.5% 90.8% 92.2% 99.1% 99% 99.3%
19 91.7% 91.1% 92.4% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
18 91.9% 91.3% 92.6% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
17 92.1% 91.5% 92.7% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
16 92.3% 91.7% 92.9% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
15 92.4% 91.8% 93% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
14 92.6% 92% 93.1% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
13 92.7% 92.1% 93.2% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
12 92.7% 92.2% 93.3% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
11 92.8% 92.3% 93.4% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
10 92.9% 92.4% 93.5% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
9 93% 92.5% 93.6% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
8 93.1% 92.6% 93.7% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
7 93.2% 92.7% 93.8% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
6 93.3% 92.8% 93.9% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
5 93.5% 92.9% 94% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
4 93.7% 93.1% 94.2% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
3 93.9% 93.4% 94.4% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
2 94.3% 93.8% 94.8% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
1 94.9% 94.3% 95.4% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 55.9% of newborns in Lesotho and 89.2% in the United States are expected to live past 60, 37.3% and 79.5% past 70, 18.7% and 61.1% past 80, and only 4.21% and 28.1% past 90.

For longevity rates starting from a different age, use the calculator provided above.

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Odds of dying at each age

Lesotho
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
1x
Age Probability of dying
Lesotho United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 37.9% 39.3% 37.6% 33.3% 36.5% 32.2%
99 36.3% 37.9% 35.9% 31.1% 34.2% 30%
98 34.2% 36% 33.7% 28.8% 31.9% 27.7%
97 32.6% 34.6% 32.1% 26.6% 29.5% 25.4%
96 31% 33.1% 30.3% 24.4% 27.2% 23.2%
95 29.2% 31.5% 28.5% 22.3% 25% 21.1%
94 27.4% 30% 26.5% 20.3% 22.9% 19%
93 25.7% 28.4% 24.7% 18.4% 20.9% 17.1%
92 24% 26.7% 23% 16.6% 18.9% 15.4%
91 22.2% 25.1% 21.2% 15% 17% 13.9%
90 20.9% 23.6% 19.9% 13.3% 15.1% 12.3%
89 19.3% 22.1% 18.2% 11.9% 13.6% 10.9%
88 17.9% 20.7% 16.8% 10.7% 12.1% 9.68%
87 16.6% 19.4% 15.5% 9.44% 10.8% 8.54%
86 15.4% 18.1% 14.3% 8.32% 9.57% 7.48%
85 14.1% 16.9% 13% 7.36% 8.51% 6.56%
84 13% 15.7% 11.8% 6.55% 7.59% 5.77%
83 11.8% 14.6% 10.7% 5.84% 6.79% 5.1%
82 10.8% 13.5% 9.67% 5.23% 6.1% 4.53%
81 9.8% 12.5% 8.62% 4.72% 5.52% 4.06%
80 9.06% 11.6% 7.92% 4.23% 4.98% 3.62%
79 8.43% 10.8% 7.37% 3.82% 4.51% 3.25%
78 8.01% 10.1% 7.02% 3.45% 4.08% 2.91%
77 7.54% 9.5% 6.6% 3.14% 3.73% 2.63%
76 7.14% 8.96% 6.28% 2.86% 3.42% 2.38%
75 6.75% 8.45% 5.95% 2.61% 3.13% 2.16%
74 6.41% 7.97% 5.64% 2.38% 2.86% 1.97%
73 6.1% 7.52% 5.34% 2.17% 2.61% 1.78%
72 5.8% 7.11% 5.07% 1.98% 2.39% 1.61%
71 5.48% 6.68% 4.78% 1.82% 2.2% 1.47%
70 5.23% 6.34% 4.56% 1.65% 2.01% 1.33%
69 4.95% 5.96% 4.32% 1.53% 1.87% 1.21%
68 4.71% 5.66% 4.11% 1.41% 1.73% 1.1%
67 4.49% 5.37% 3.92% 1.31% 1.63% 1.01%
66 4.29% 5.12% 3.74% 1.23% 1.54% 0.94%
65 4.12% 4.9% 3.59% 1.16% 1.45% 0.87%
64 3.84% 4.61% 3.32% 1.09% 1.38% 0.82%
63 3.59% 4.33% 3.08% 1.03% 1.29% 0.77%
62 3.37% 4.08% 2.86% 0.96% 1.2% 0.71%
61 3.15% 3.82% 2.67% 0.9% 1.13% 0.67%
60 2.98% 3.62% 2.49% 0.83% 1.04% 0.62%
59 2.79% 3.35% 2.34% 0.78% 0.97% 0.59%
58 2.63% 3.16% 2.2% 0.73% 0.91% 0.55%
57 2.49% 2.99% 2.08% 0.68% 0.84% 0.51%
56 2.37% 2.84% 1.96% 0.63% 0.78% 0.47%
55 2.27% 2.72% 1.86% 0.58% 0.72% 0.44%
54 2.16% 2.59% 1.77% 0.53% 0.66% 0.4%
53 2.07% 2.48% 1.69% 0.48% 0.6% 0.37%
52 1.98% 2.37% 1.61% 0.44% 0.54% 0.34%
51 1.89% 2.26% 1.54% 0.41% 0.5% 0.31%
50 1.81% 2.18% 1.47% 0.37% 0.45% 0.28%
49 1.71% 2.05% 1.39% 0.34% 0.41% 0.26%
48 1.62% 1.95% 1.32% 0.31% 0.38% 0.24%
47 1.54% 1.85% 1.25% 0.28% 0.35% 0.22%
46 1.46% 1.76% 1.19% 0.26% 0.32% 0.2%
45 1.4% 1.68% 1.14% 0.25% 0.3% 0.19%
44 1.33% 1.59% 1.08% 0.23% 0.28% 0.17%
43 1.27% 1.52% 1.04% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
42 1.21% 1.45% 0.99% 0.2% 0.25% 0.15%
41 1.16% 1.38% 0.96% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
40 1.11% 1.32% 0.92% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
39 1.06% 1.25% 0.88% 0.18% 0.22% 0.13%
38 1.01% 1.18% 0.84% 0.17% 0.22% 0.12%
37 0.96% 1.12% 0.8% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
36 0.9% 1.05% 0.76% 0.16% 0.2% 0.11%
35 0.85% 0.99% 0.73% 0.15% 0.2% 0.1%
34 0.8% 0.92% 0.68% 0.15% 0.19% 0.1%
33 0.75% 0.86% 0.64% 0.14% 0.19% 0.09%
32 0.7% 0.8% 0.61% 0.14% 0.18% 0.09%
31 0.66% 0.75% 0.57% 0.13% 0.18% 0.08%
30 0.62% 0.71% 0.54% 0.13% 0.17% 0.08%
29 0.58% 0.66% 0.51% 0.12% 0.17% 0.07%
28 0.55% 0.61% 0.48% 0.12% 0.16% 0.07%
27 0.51% 0.57% 0.45% 0.11% 0.16% 0.06%
26 0.48% 0.53% 0.42% 0.11% 0.15% 0.06%
25 0.44% 0.5% 0.39% 0.1% 0.15% 0.06%
24 0.41% 0.46% 0.36% 0.1% 0.14% 0.05%
23 0.38% 0.43% 0.33% 0.09% 0.13% 0.05%
22 0.35% 0.39% 0.3% 0.09% 0.13% 0.05%
21 0.32% 0.36% 0.28% 0.08% 0.12% 0.04%
20 0.29% 0.33% 0.26% 0.08% 0.11% 0.04%
19 0.26% 0.29% 0.23% 0.07% 0.1% 0.04%
18 0.24% 0.26% 0.21% 0.06% 0.08% 0.03%
17 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
16 0.17% 0.19% 0.16% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
15 0.15% 0.16% 0.14% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
14 0.13% 0.13% 0.12% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
13 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
12 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
11 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
10 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.01% 0.01% 0.008%
9 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
8 0.1% 0.11% 0.1% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
7 0.11% 0.12% 0.11% 0.009% 0.01% 0.009%
6 0.13% 0.14% 0.12% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
5 0.15% 0.16% 0.14% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
4 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
3 0.27% 0.28% 0.26% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
2 0.39% 0.4% 0.39% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
1 0.61% 0.6% 0.62% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
0 5.13% 5.66% 4.6% 0.47% 0.51% 0.42%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/lesotho/united-states | CC BY

This chart displays the probability of dying at any given age in Lesotho compared to the United States, as mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime.

The annual chance of dying is 5.13% in the birth year in Lesotho and 0.47% in the United States, 0.62% vs 0.13% at age 30, 2.98% vs 0.83% at 60, and 9.06% vs 4.23% at 80.

Death rate by age in Lesotho vs United States

Lesotho
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
1x
Age Death rate
Lesotho United States
Total Male Female Total Male Female
100 13.1 0 29 690 348 1,015
99 83.5 32.4 131.4 1,072 697 1,435
98 119.6 48.1 186.1 1,396 952 1,829
97 169.3 70.7 260.5 1,754 1,251 2,248
96 232.6 101.2 353 2,132 1,585 2,672
95 310 140.7 465 2,509 1,943 3,075
94 401 191.2 589 2,862 2,310 3,428
93 505 252.5 729 3,181 2,660 3,725
92 621 325 881 3,448 2,960 3,966
91 741 406 1,030 3,654 3,205 4,138
90 881 501 1,207 3,753 3,367 4,174
89 1,008 601 1,354 3,817 3,497 4,165
88 1,139 711 1,503 3,816 3,564 4,096
87 1,264 826 1,637 3,729 3,550 3,948
86 1,383 942 1,758 3,583 3,478 3,737
85 1,476 1,055 1,834 3,424 3,380 3,508
84 1,561 1,165 1,898 3,257 3,263 3,277
83 1,618 1,266 1,919 3,084 3,133 3,053
82 1,660 1,359 1,923 2,915 2,999 2,841
81 1,665 1,434 1,876 2,759 2,873 2,650
80 1,691 1,507 1,873 2,587 2,726 2,452
79 1,720 1,570 1,882 2,427 2,582 2,274
78 1,776 1,644 1,926 2,269 2,439 2,102
77 1,808 1,701 1,939 2,132 2,317 1,949
76 1,844 1,761 1,970 2,003 2,199 1,808
75 1,869 1,815 1,985 1,876 2,076 1,678
74 1,898 1,860 1,993 1,754 1,953 1,557
73 1,921 1,898 1,993 1,634 1,831 1,438
72 1,940 1,931 1,994 1,520 1,715 1,322
71 1,939 1,944 1,974 1,421 1,618 1,222
70 1,955 1,972 1,973 1,314 1,510 1,118
69 1,945 1,970 1,953 1,231 1,425 1,032
68 1,944 1,982 1,939 1,153 1,348 951
67 1,940 1,990 1,923 1,089 1,287 882
66 1,937 1,999 1,908 1,035 1,235 824
65 1,937 2,011 1,896 982 1,181 772
64 1,880 1,982 1,814 940 1,136 732
63 1,824 1,948 1,737 892 1,081 691
62 1,770 1,913 1,663 840 1,020 649
61 1,710 1,860 1,592 793 964 612
60 1,665 1,828 1,526 743 902 574
59 1,601 1,755 1,465 702 851 542
58 1,554 1,708 1,409 658 798 509
57 1,511 1,666 1,358 617 748 477
56 1,472 1,630 1,312 575 696 445
55 1,440 1,606 1,268 533 647 412
54 1,402 1,568 1,227 492 596 379
53 1,369 1,537 1,189 450 544 349
52 1,337 1,509 1,155 414 499 322
51 1,298 1,472 1,117 381 460 296.9
50 1,267 1,446 1,082 348 419 271.3
49 1,219 1,393 1,042 319 384 248.7
48 1,177 1,352 1,002 292.9 353 227.9
47 1,135 1,308 963 271.3 328 210.3
46 1,095 1,266 927 252.4 306 194.8
45 1,059 1,227 895 234.5 284.7 180.1
44 1,019 1,182 862 217.3 264.5 166.3
43 986 1,143 834 201.9 246.6 153.5
42 954 1,106 807 190.6 234.1 143.3
41 925 1,068 786 183.1 226.7 135.5
40 897 1,038 759 176.3 220.2 128.4
39 862 992 734 170.3 214.2 122.4
38 829 952 707 163.8 207.3 116.3
37 795 911 680 158.4 201.9 111
36 757 863 652 152.7 196.2 105.4
35 722 820 625 147.7 191.6 100.1
34 681 773 589 143.5 187.5 95.7
33 642 725 560 138.7 182 91.5
32 609 684 534 133.7 176.4 87.2
31 573 643 504 128.5 171.4 81.8
30 547 611 483 124.4 168.4 76.7
29 515 571 459 120.4 165.3 71.8
28 484 538 430 115.9 160.6 67.4
27 456 505 407 111.6 156 63.6
26 425 471 379 106.5 150.3 59.2
25 397 443 352 101.3 144.4 55.1
24 369 412 326 96.7 138.7 51.7
23 343 384 301 92.2 132.8 48.7
22 316 355 277.6 87.7 127 45.8
21 289.2 324 253.4 81.9 118.8 42.6
20 266.6 295.8 236.8 74.4 107.5 39.1
19 240.8 266.9 214.2 66.1 94.7 35.6
18 216.7 240.1 192.8 55.6 78.6 31.2
17 187.1 204.5 169.4 43 59.7 25.4
16 159.6 170.9 148.2 31.7 42.5 20.1
15 138 145.7 130.2 23.9 30.6 16.8
14 117.3 123.5 111 18.3 22.2 14.3
13 103 108.2 97.6 14.2 16.4 11.8
12 94.1 99.9 88.1 11.5 13 9.85
11 89.7 95.4 83.8 10.2 11.5 8.68
10 88.4 92.4 84.3 9.47 10.8 8.1
9 90.8 94.8 86.7 9 10 7.92
8 97.1 102.4 91.7 9.07 9.94 8.16
7 107.1 113.2 100.9 9.37 10.2 8.51
6 119.4 125.3 113.4 9.54 10.4 8.68
5 140.1 145.4 134.7 10.4 11.4 9.33
4 185.5 193.5 177.3 12.7 14.2 11.1
3 254.7 262 247.1 14.9 16.9 12.8
2 371 376 366 17 19.2 14.8
1 578 563 594 45.6 50.6 40.5
0 5,128 5,657 4,597 466 510 421

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/lesotho/united-states | CC BY

This chart shows the number of deaths by age up to 100 for 3 cohorts of 100,000 newborns each — male, female, and both combined — illustrating how expected mortality is distributed throughout life.

In Lesotho, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 89 in the United States. The median age of death is 63.4 in Lesotho and 83.9 in the United States, meaning only half of each cohort is expected to live past that age.

Note that this chart does not show rates per 100,000 population, as those would be skewed by age structure differences and reflect the demographics of Lesotho and the United States more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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